The Weeknd’s New Album Sparks Theories It’s About Selena Gomez and Bella Hadid

It's a fact of life that breakups make for great songs — just ask Taylor Swift, SZA, Adele, or literally any other songwriter to ever walk the earth. It only makes sense, then, that much of The Weeknd's latest album, which he dropped somewhat unexpectedly late Thursday night, could be about his relationship with Selena Gomez, which ended in October 2017 after 10 months together. Since My Dear Melancholy, (comma included) hit streaming services on Thursday night, fans have been combing the lyrics for hints about the end of Abelena and — spoiler alert — they think they've already found a ton.

The first song on the album, "Call Out My Name," opens with the regret-filled lyrics "We found each other / I helped you out of a broken place / You gave me comfort / But falling for you was my mistake." In the second verse, as many fans have speculated, fans think he seems to imply that he almost donated a kidney to Selena, singing, "I almost cut a piece of myself for your life / Guess I was just another pit stop / 'Til you made up your mind."

Later, in "Hurt You," The Weeknd sings, "When you're with him, you close your eyes and think of me / Just call me up again / I'll make you weak," leading fans to believe that, at least at one point, he was open to reconciling with Selena even after she had begun to rekindle her romance with Justin Bieber. "Privilege," the last track on the album, is purely a breakup song, with Abel singing, "Enjoy your privileged life / 'Cause I'm not gonna hold you through the night / We said our last goodbyes / So, let's just try to end it with a smile."

While many people took to Twitter to theorize about the meaning of each lyric, others jokingly thanked Selena for breaking The Weeknd's heart and, thus, causing him to create such a meaningful album.

But Selena isn't the only ex that fans think The Weeknd is crooning about on My Dear Melancholy,. Many are also speculating that "Wasted Times" is about his other ex-girlfriend Bella Hadid, since he describes the subject of the song as an "equestrian," and Bella was a longtime competitive horseback rider. In that track, Abel sings about thinking about an ex even while dating other women: "Wasted times I spent with someone else / She wasn't even half of you," he sings. "And even though you put my life through hell / I can't seem to forget 'bout you, 'bout you / I want you to myself."

It's also crucial to keep in mind that a song can be fiction; just because fans think The Weeknd is singing about Selena or Bella doesn't make it true. Until he clears up the theories about what his songs are about, there's really only one person who knows for sure.